Primary Resources

Collection of Congressional materials, including hearings, documents, reports, committee prints, with coverage primarily from 1824 to present. Also contains the Serial Set and maps from 1789 to present.

This collection contains the records and briefs brought before the US Supreme Court by leading legal practitioners—many who later became judges and associates of the Supreme Court itself. It includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements, and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions.

The focus is on the political side of the freedom movement, the role of civil rights organizations in pushing for civil rights legislation, and the interaction between African Americans and the federal government in the 20th century.

This archive includes 4,285 pages sourced from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Library. Holdings begin with 1961. Included are surveillance reports, chronologies, witness statements and more. These materials provide unique (and in some cases recently declassified) insight into the Freedom Rides, the Kennedy administration and the segregated South.

This collection on law and order documents the efforts of district attorneys from southern states to uphold federal laws in the states that fought in the Confederacy or were Border States. Includes access to more than 59,000 images from the US National Archives.

This collection provides access to the Custodial Detention Index (CDI), or Custodial Detention List that was formed in 1939-1941, in the frame of a program called variously the "Custodial Detention Program" or "Alien Enemy Control”. Access provided to more than 29,000 images from the FBI Headquarters Library.

This collection consists of documents on the promulgation and implementation of the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990 and other environmental issues including endangered species and protection of American wetlands. Content covers the years 1989-1991 and includes access to more than 16,000 images.

This collection of U.S. State Department Central Classified Files relates to commercial and trade relations beginning in the Tsarist Russia period and extending through Khrushchev period in Soviet history. It contains a wide range of materials from U.S. diplomats including materials on treaties, general conditions affecting trade, imports and exports, laws and regulations, customs administration, tariffs, and ports of entry activities. Content includes more than 37,000 images and ranges from 1910-1963.

This collection consists of materials pertaining to political relations between the U.S. and countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

This collection consists of correspondence and telegrams received and sent by the American consular post in Beirut between 1919 to 1935. Access provided to more than 9000 images from the US National Archives.

This collection identifies the key issues, individuals, and events in the history of the Subcontinent between 1945 and 1949, and places them in the context of the complex and dynamic regional strategic, political, and economic processes that have fashioned India in the postwar period. Access to more than 53,000 images from the US National Archives.

This collection comprises correspondence, studies and reports, cables, maps, and other kinds of documents related to U.S. consular activities, reporting on the activities of the French colonial government and the activities of the native peoples. Access provided to more than 17,000 images from the US National Archives.

This collection comprises correspondence, studies and reports, cables, maps, and other kinds of documents related to U.S. consular activities, reporting on the activities of the Italian colonial governments and later the mandate authorities, and the activities of the native peoples. Access provided to more than 6000 images from the US National Archives.

This collection on Saudi Arabia, sourced from the Central Files of the General Records of the Department of State, documents the formation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well as illustrates the day-to-day workings of the oil-rich state. Access provided to more than 14,000 images from the US National Archives.

This collection covers U.S. perspectives on Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Trans-Jordan, from Ottoman rule to the era of British and French mandates following the First World War. Access provided to more than 40,000 images from the US National Archives.